Heroes and Villains
Name that War!
Eras & Events
Inventions
Surprise Me!
100
In the 1600-1700's these fearsome people were known for stealing ships and sailing around the coasts and islands in the Caribbean pillaging and plundering from port towns and merchant ships.
Pirates!
100
Name that war based on the pictures below:
The Civil War! (1860-1865, fought over states' rights, Northern Union vs. Southern Confederates)
100
Starting in the late 1400s, men, women, and children were kidnapped from their villages by African merchants and sent in deplorable conditions by European ships to colonies in the Americas to work as slaves or indentured servants. This was known as what?
The Atlantic Slave Trade (or Triangle Slave Trade)
100
This weapon of immense power was dropped on the cities (in Japan) in the pictures below thus ending WW2.
The atomic bomb.
100
About 15,000 years ago, the first hunter-gatherers came to the Americas across what, which was exposed during melting from the last Ice Age?
The Siberian (or Bering) Land Bridge
200
The Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed 4 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a passage to the “Far East”. He was supported by Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain. He lead the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America starting in 1492 (AD).
Christopher Columbus
200
Name that war based on the pictures below:
World War II
(In which Hitler tries to take over the world.)
200
In the early-mid 1800's, based on their belief in "Manifest Destiny", early Americans started moving out "west" on what is known as the?
Oregon Trail
200
This invention, created by Eli Whitney, revolutionized the way cotton was processed in the south.
The Cotton Gin
200
In the ancient Aztec civilization, a war was fought with the Spanish conquistadors in what city, known today as Mexico City?
Tenochtitlan
300
Who is the German-born theoretical physicist who published the Theory of Relativity is known for his famous E=MC^2 equation?
Albert Einstein
300
Using the picture below name that war!
The American Revolution! (Note the "Redcoats" and use of musket weaponry.)
300
Hitler’s plan (and actions) of genocide against the Jews, Slavs, ethnic Poles, Soviet Prisoners of War, The Roma, the “incurably sick”, enemies of the state, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and homosexual men. 6 million European Jews were killed- about ⅔ of the Jewish population in Europe. With all victims included, 17 million people were killed.
The Holocaust
300
In the late 1800's, Americans transitioned to new manufacturing practices using machines rather than hand tools. This era of technology provided many jobs and included the use of steam power, water power, and created the “factory system”. What is this era known as?
The Industrial Revolution
300
Use the picture above to answer the following questions:
Who are these people? (What are they known as)
Where are they going?
Who are these people?
-Immigrants (from a variety of countries including Ireland, England, Germany, etc.) 
Where are they going?
-To Ellis Island in New York, the immigration processing facility.
400
This generation of people were born every 7 seconds from 1946-1961 after their parents won WW2 at the end of the Great Depression. Their births forever changed the American economy. They are widely associated as having been raised with privilege and generally believing the world would grow better with time.
The (Baby) Boomers
(all your (great-)grandparents)
400
Name that war using the photos below:
World War 1 (Germany trying to take over everything part 1, known for its trench warfare and use of chemical/gas weapons.)
400
In 1830, President Lincoln signed into law the Indian Removal Act, forcing all Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River, resulting in an act of systematic genocide on the Native American people. This march to the west generally became known as?
The Trail of Tears
400
This very important medical advance saved countless lives, especially children's, and is one of the greatest success stories in public health. Through the use of these we have eradicated smallpox and nearly eliminated polio.
Vaccines
400
The period during the 1820's and 1830's known for Jonathan Edwards' "fire and brimstone" church services and a revamp in religious interest was known as?
The Great Awakening
500
After the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Lewis and Clarke to explore the territory west of the Mississippi River. They hired a Native American woman as their guide. Her name was?
Sacagawea
500
Name that war using the pictures below:
The Cold War
(U.S. vs. The Soviet Union in a war of passive aggression and proxy wars, resulting in an epic space race.)
500
A was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.
This era is known as "Prohibition".
500
This invention of the early 1900's made automobiles affordable for the masses, forever changing the industry.
The Ford Motor Company's Model T Car
or
Assembly line manufacturing
500
Name the 13 American Colonies of England which became the original United States of America.
